Posted in General on Jul 22nd, 2008 No Comments »
I’ve been asked this question - and it’s a difficult one to give a short simple answer to. I have had the same problem and am still trying new things to find answers to it.
I’ve recently put a bird station in my garden and have started to attract some nice species for example Blue Tits, Great [...]
Posted in General on Jun 15th, 2008 No Comments »
When I saw and heard birds were nesting just outside our front door I was really pleased.
Today I have discovered that it is starlings that are nesting there.
Starlings! The birds that sometimes take over the feeders and don’t let any other bird near.
One of the starlings perches on the roof and watches me take the bird [...]
Posted in Bird Friends Around the World on Jun 2nd, 2008 No Comments »
Here’s a close up of the same photo
It’s always lovely to get a comment or a photo and this photo was sent to me the other day. Thanks John
It’s near impossible to get a photo like this. I carry my camera with me sometimes when I’m in the garden, but without a lot of success. [...]
Posted in Birds I've seen in and around my garden on May 21st, 2008 No Comments »
This morning I mistook a starling for a blackbird.
The bird was high in a hedge and the yellow beak and black feathers seemed to point to it being a blackbird.
It was singing a strange song for a blackbird though, so I took a longer look and I saw the flecks of white on it’s plumage and [...]
Posted in Bird Food on Mar 14th, 2008 No Comments »
Sunflower hearts are eaten by a lot of birds including
Blackbird
Blue Tit
Chaffinch
Coal Tit
Dunnock
Goldfinch
Great Tit
Greenfinch
House Sparrow
Robin
Starling
Woodpecker
Sunflower hearts are not eated by the
Song thrush
Collared dove
Sunflower hearts are a good alternative to peanuts.
I don’t want to feed starlings because they arrive in such a big swarm and completely take over everything. This is what happened in August last year
Yet, [...]
Posted in Bird Food on Jan 19th, 2008 No Comments »
Peanuts and birds go together. A lot of birds love peanuts. I put out peanuts every day along with other bird food.
Peanuts are rich in oil and protein and so are a good energy rich bird food to give to birds
Peanuts can be fed to birds in two ways -
Whole Peanuts
Crushed peanuts
In winter I put out both [...]